Knowing more than someone else can make it very hard to listen to all the nonsense the other person has to say. But the ability to recognize said nonsense is a very difficult ability to develop. One should be indeed proud of it. But the much more difficult (and fulfilling) art is the ability to [...]
Archive for January, 2008
From Susan Strange
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kerviel, how genius?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is much talk today of the “rogue trader” Kerviel, the man responsible for Sociéteé Générale’s billion dollar losses. Articles are popping up everywhere, trying to deconstruct the man’s intentions, his ambitions; trying to find out what his high school colleagues thought of him. He was ambitious. He wanted to be someone. Fine.
The real question, [...]
Oh the English language!
Posted in Language on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Indonesia | In death, Suharto cheats justice | Economist.com
He continued to live comfortably in downtown Jakarta, suffering periodic bouts of serious illness that correlated, suspiciously, with spasmodic attempts to prosecute him.
Rodrik on Yale parties
Posted in Yale on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dani Rodrik’s weblog: Davos thoughts
And then there are the parties. Emerging market, banks (when they are doing well), and other institutions compete with each other in putting the most luxurious spreads. The worst of these I attended was one hosted by Yale, where I think there were no more than a dozen [...]
A book of solutions from Bjørn Lomborg
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Project Syndicate
It seems surprising, then, to learn that deforestation is a diminishing problem. The solution wasn’t found in condemnation from the West of developing country practices, or in protests by well-meaning environmentalists, but in economic growth.
Encounter for which I was unprepared
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
apothegm – definition of apothegm by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
ap·o·thegm also ap·o·phthegm (p-thm)
n.
A terse, witty, instructive saying; a maxim.
On Albert O. Hirschman
Posted in Quote on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Mr Hirschman belongs to the type of author who, in his enthusiasm for his favorite subject, likes to write three books instead of one.”
JSTOR: Journal of Economic History: Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 91
Pagú and soybeans
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And to think Pagú (Patrícia Galvão) brought soybeans from China.
China Eyes Latin American Commodities
Chinese soy imports from Brazil and Argentina alone have increased tenfold from US$360 million to US$3.6 billion between 1999 and 2004.
